Men in the woods; Cameron watches

One, two, three, lift

Yesterday was sunny and warm here, no wood burned. We walked over to a place a tree had fallen over the trail with the chain saw. Ray, OC, Steve, and Dan got to work and had cut it up in no time. Cameron and I walked back to the house, but Ray called on the cell phone before we were home and asked me to bring the pickup truck. They loaded it up and he drove it back. We were done by 10:30! Of course, Ray still has to split it, but it's amazing what a good team can get done.

A good start

My parents came and spent some time at the house. The Captain did some gardening. We did laundry. Ray and I headed to the Green Life Expo after lunch. It was so fun! I love talking to people who are excited about being green. My passion is green building.

Electric car for one person

We were  home for about an hour before we headed to the Mental Health art auction. It didn't get started as early as we would have liked, and the auctioneer was the worst I have ever seen! It was funny, he was so bad...I can't really convey in words what it was like. "So, (he reads the info) this nice painting is by Joe Smith, a generous donor. I think we'll start at 25. (someone bids). OK, now let's see. Can we get 35?" He was way too nice and gentle and slow...and he didn't even say, "going once, going twice..." We had 7:30 dinner reservations, so hadn't been planning to stay for the whole time anyway.

It was Becky's birthday and nine of us had dinner at the Hilltop Grille (including Lara, who arrived after we had ordered, but before dinner). It was pretty good and there was some nice jazz. My shrimp was a little over done. But Becky had a good time. I started to get pretty sleepy by the time we left after 10.